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Latest News
- Latest News
- More Boys Born Than Girls (06/14/2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Diabetes Hospitalization Rates Falling in US, CDC Says (06/13/2005, Reuters Health)
- Disparities in US Infant Mortality Rates Persist (06/09/2005, Reuters Health)
- Minorities Get Less Care, Says Report (06/08/2005, United Press International)
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Overviews
- Overviews
- FASTATS: A to Z (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Health Disparities: A General Overview (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Americans Slightly Taller, Much Heavier Than 40 Years Ago (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Disparities in Health Literacy (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - FASTATS: Leading Causes of Death (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Final 2000 Mortality Statistics Now Available (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Health Care Indicators: Hospital, Employment, and Price Indicators for the Health Care Industry (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (National Center for Health Statistics) - Links to PDF
- HHS Issues Report Showing Dramatic Improvements in Americans' Health Over Past 50 Years (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Leading Health Indicators (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Life Expectancy Hits Record High (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Percent of Persons of All Ages Whose Health Was Assessed as Excellent or Very Good: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Percent of Persons of All Ages with a Usual Place to Go for Medical Care: United States, 1997-2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Provisional Tables on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths for 2001-2003 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - State Health Facts Online (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Welcome to WISQARS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- What Are Some of CDC's Key Findings Related to Adult Health-Related Quality of Life? (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
Also available in: Spanish
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Weekly Epidemiological Record (World Health Organization)
Organizations
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- Bureau of the Census
- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- World Health Organization
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- How NCHS Protects Your Privacy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Children
- Children
- America's Children 2004: General Health Status (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
- Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health)
- FASTATS: Child and Infant Health (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- More Babies Born at Very Low Birth Weight Linked to Rise in Infant Mortality in 2002 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Births to Youngest Teens at Lowest Levels (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Teen Birth Rate Continues to Decline; African-American Teens Show Sharpest Drop (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Women
- Women
- FASTATS: Women's Health (National Center for Health Statistics)
- National Women's Health Indicators Database (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
Seniors
- Seniors
- Health, United States, 2004 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Older Americans 2004: Health Care (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
- Older Americans 2004: Health Risks and Behavior (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
- Older Americans 2004: Health Status (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
- Older Americans 2004: Population (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
- Profile of Older Americans (Administration on Aging)